Tool-handle.



PATBNTED JUNE 25, 1907.

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TOOL HANDLE.

APPLIUATIDN FILED MAR. 28,-1906.

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TOOL-HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application filed March 28. 1906. Serial No. 308,448.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. OSGOOD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Imrovement in Tool Handles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to tool handles and more particularly to woodenhandles of the sort used for files and other tools having a taperingtang which is driven into a longitudinal bore or hole in the end of thehandle to secure the handle on the tool. The tool works loose in thehandle from usage and has to be driven farther into the handle from timeto time to tighten it, with the result that the handle is sooner orlater split and destroyed. The handle is usually provided with a ferruleencircling a reduced neck or portion at the inner or tool end of thehandle intended to prevent the splitting of the handle, but as a metalgrip is very objectionable, not affording a good hold if smooth andclean and being injurious to the hands if rough and rusty, a shortferrule is used, thus leaving the wooden grip as long as possible. Theseshort ferrules do not adequately prevent the splitting of the handles.

The object of this invention is to provide such handles withstrengthening means which will prevent their destruction,withoutmaterially increasing the cost of the handles, shortening the woodengrip, or changing the usual appearance of the handle.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toolhandle embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionthereof. Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is a transversesection thereof in line 44, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary longitudinalsection of a modified construction.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents a wooden handle for a file or other tobl. The handle may beof the usual shape,that is circular in cross-section and having theenlarged outer end and tapered body, or it may be of any other referredform, but it preferably has the usual short reduced inner end or neck I)provided with the central longitudinal bore or hole 0 to receive thesecuring tang of the tool.

D represents a metal tube which extends lengthwise into the body of thehandle from the inner or tool-attaching end thereof, par-.

allel with the grain of the wood around the tang hole 0. The tube isthin so that it can be readily'pressed or driven into the wood withoutunduly mashing or spreading the fiber, and is light so that it will notmaterially add to the weight of the handle, but is strong so that itwill not split under the internal pressure due to the expansion of theinclosed wood when the tang is driven into the handle. Preferably thetube extends inwardly to or beyond the inner end of the tang hole, so.that the tang when driven into the handle to the limit will not projectbeyond the inner end of the tube and cannot possibly expand and cleavethe handle beyond the tube. The tube can be forced into place in thehandle by pressure with comparative .ease and accuracy by sharpening itsinner end and cutting a shallow annular starting or guiding recess inthe handle.

A ferrule E surrounds the reduced end or neck of the handle. Thisferrule is not required for strength, although it of course adds to thestrength of the handle, but being about the same in size, shape andlocation as the ferrules ordinarily used, it gives the handle theaccustomed shape and appearance. This ferrule can be made separate fromthe tube D, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2, or it can be formed by anintegral annular part or flange E of the tube D, as shown in Fig. 5. Inthe first construction in which the ferrule is separate from the tube D,the tube is preferably provided with an outwardly projecting annularshoulder f which bears against the outer end of the ferrule or aninwardly extending flange g on the outer end thereof to hold the ferruleon the handle. In either construction the ferrule is retained in place Iby the tube and as the latter extends far into the handle and has a verysecure connection therewith, the ferrule is so securely held in placethat it is practically impossible to detach it from the handle.

The handle as "thus constructed has all of the advantages and desirablefeatures of the ordinary wooden, ferrule-tipped handle, it has the samelong wooden grip or hand hold, the wooden socket into which the tang ofthe tool is driven and held in almost identically the same appearance.In addition to these usual requirements, the tube D renders the handlepractically indestructible.

I claim as my invention:

1. A tool handle having a hole in one end to receive the tang of a tool,and a metal tube surrounding said tang hole in the body of the handlebetween said hole and the exterior of the handle and extendingcontinuously from the extreme end of the handle substantially to theinner end of said tang hole, the end portion of the handle beingsurrounded externally by an exposed metal ferrule part, substantially asset forth.

2. A tool handle having a reduced end and a hole in said end to receivethe tang of a tool, a metal tube located in the body of the han dlebetween said tang-hole and the exterior of the handle and surroundingsaid tanghole, and an exposed ferrule part surrounding the reduced endof the handle and retained thereon by said tube, substantially as setforth.

3. A tool handle having a reduced end provided with a hole to receivethe tang of a tool, a tube located in said reduced end of the handlebetween said tang-hole and the exterior of the handle, and a ferrulewhich is of larger diameter than said tube and surrounds said reducedend of the handle and is retained thereon by said tube, substantially asset forth.

4. A tool handle adapted to receive the tang of a tool in one end, atube located in the tang-receiving portion of the handle to surround thetang when inserted in the handle, and a separate ferrule which surroundsthe end of the handle and is retained thereon by said tube,substantially as set forth.

5. A tool handle having an end adapted to receive the tang of a tool, ashort ferrule surrounding said end of the handle, and a separate tubeextending into said end of the handle and having a flanged outer endwhich bears against said ferrule to retain the same on the handle,substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand, this 15th day of March,

JOHN L. OSGOOD. WVitnesses:

0. WV. PARKER, E. C. HARD.

